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Eating Humanely

Americans eat more meat per person than almost any other country. Our habit is leading to poor health, environmental degradation and the suffering of billions of animals every year.

Reduce. Refine. Replace

Simple swaps make humane eating easy.

Each of us can make a difference by actively choosing to reduce our consumption of inhumanely produced animal products, refine the items in our shopping cart and replace animal products with plant-based alternatives.

Why should you adopt a plant-based diet?

For the animals: Eating more plant-based meals means eating fewer animals—which means dramatically reducing the amount of suffering in the world.

For your health: Choosing to replace meat with plant-based proteins even once a week is a great way to gain energy and prevent disease.

For the environment: Raising billions of animals for food each year pollutes our air and water and uses a tremendous amount of land, water and other precious natural resources.

For your wallet: Meat prices are expected to continue to rise. Enjoying plant-based proteins such as beans, legumes and seeds can help save cash at the time of purchase and reduce the costs of expensive health conditions.

Plant-based meals reduce meat production's impact.

285

Land Animals

Are killed every second of every day in the United States.

500,000

CARS' WORTH

Of greenhouse gas emissions could be saved if every American went meatless one day a week, according to the Environmental Defense Fund.

All Animals magazine

The Humane Society of the United States is registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions to the HSUS are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. The HSUS's tax identification number is 53-0225390.